Proportion of early treatment seeking for sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among patients attending youth friendly service in Bahir Dar City health centers, Northwest, Ethiopia

Sexually transmitted infection is a common public health issue of youths and is characteristically transmitted through sexual intercourse. Even though early treatment for sexually transmitted infection is very important to reduce further complications and economic burden, studies to identify the pro...

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Published in:Reproductive health 2024-06, Vol.21 (1), p.85-10, Article 85
Main Authors: Zeleke, Getachew, Mekonnen, Alemtshay, Abuhay, Tigist, Agimas, Muluken Chanie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis
Care and treatment
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data entry
Early treatment
Ethiopia
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Evidence-based medicine
Female
Health aspects
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Sexual Behavior
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
STI
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Urban health
Young Adult
Youth
Youths
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Summary:Sexually transmitted infection is a common public health issue of youths and is characteristically transmitted through sexual intercourse. Even though early treatment for sexually transmitted infection is very important to reduce further complications and economic burden, studies to identify the proportion and the possible factor of early treatment seeking is rare in Ethiopia. To assess the proportion of early treatment seeking for sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among patients attending youth friendly service in Bahir Dar city health centers, northwest, Ethiopia 2023. Institutional based Cross-sectional study was used among 407 participants from April 25 to May 24 /2023. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select the participants. An interview-administered questionnaire was used for data collection, whereas Epi-data version 4.6.0.2 and the statistical package for statistical science version 23 were used for data entry and analysis respectively. A frequency table and bar chart were used for descriptive analysis. Multiple binary logistic regression was employed to identify the factors at p-value of
ISSN:1742-4755
1742-4755
DOI:10.1186/s12978-024-01794-1